Update 4/24/24: All counseling intern and practicum positions have been filled until Spring 2025. All Admin and Outreach positions have been filled until Fall 2024. All shelter positions have been filled until Spring 2025.
Intern with Turning Point
Our internships are personalized to your learning objectives. For example, advertising students may help with promotional and educational materials while public administration students may help develop management strategies.
Internships are open for Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters. Hourly commitments for our internships are flexible. You will only be held responsible for the time you commit to in advance.
Academic credits may be available for this internship. Speak to your program advisor and make sure you fulfill requirements to receive academic credit.
Please review the internship opportunities below before applying. If you choose to apply for an admin, outreach, or shelter position, submit the google form above and email your resume to jessica.fair@turningpointservices.org. If you choose to apply for a counseling practicum or internship, please email your class requirements and resume to caela@turningpointservices.org.
What Will I Do?
As a nonprofit organization, our responsibilities are not always perfectly defined. You will complete the tasks in this document at some point during your internship, but sometimes our needs vary. What you do as an intern in defined by 3 main factors: our needs, the internship you choose, and your needs as an intern.
If we have a client in crisis, you could be assisting staff to serve that client rather than complete that day’s task.
Below is a list of the internship opportunities we have, and each has different expectations and tasks associated with it.
You also have the ability to complete and prioritize tasks based on your own abilities and learning objectives.
Any alternative task suggestions must be approved by the Education and Outreach Coordinator, but they will be approved as long as they are possible and within reason.
Counseling practicum/internship
Contact Caela Rhea, MA, LPC, NCC at caela@turningpointservices.org. Due to availability of space and direct hours, we are only accepting one student at a time. Only interns from the University of Alabama Counselor Educator Program will be considered.
Admin Internship
As an admin intern you will…
Take crisis calls,
Educate potential clients on services we provide
File and organize necessary paperwork
Attend trainings
Refer clients to services we do not provide
Assist with grant writing
Attend events and speaking engagements
Handle and organize donated items
Shadow the Executive director, Court Advocate, Victim Advocate, Financial Officer, and Outreach Coordinator
Interact with volunteers, clients, and shelter staff
And perform any other miscellaneous tasks
Shelter Internship
As a shelter intern you will…
Take crisis calls
work directly with clients and their children
educate clients on the services we provide
do clerical work for the shelter
interact with volunteers, office staff, and shelter staff
handle potetial emergency situations with a calm, collective attitude
assist in solving a variety of problems and coming up with viable solutions
and perform any other miscellaneous tasks.
